Thursday, 26 November 2009

Rob Hopkins on Transition Towns

Sunday, 22 November 2009

The History of Oil

A 45 minute video of Robert Newman, a couple of years old but still relevant and damn funny

Saturday, 7 November 2009

le Cafe

A good song for a hangover

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Platform part 2

SS scrap from previous post is now a woodgas reheater with condensate drain, and exhaust pipe

The monorator shell described in an earlier post may not work in a stationary engine, due to a lack of air flow, so the top of that inner shell will be sealed and exhaust gas will be used to pre-heat the wood

The producer gas runs up the 3 tubes on left and down the 3 on the right, the radiator could be larger but this is what I've got on hand


Thursday, 29 October 2009

Woodgas multi function platform

GM Holden 202ci inline 6cyl and trimatic auto - frame from scrap dealer

3 semi complete gasifiers, number one on far right

Drastically shortened 4wd diff (4.5-1) purchased from a lawn mower racer

Number 3 finds a home, construction details here

Woodgas tri-carbs, stock manifold with "chair leg" tri adaptor and gutted Impco 125s

Poor mans tailshaft

Scrap stainless steel tubes and a torched water pump pulley


Friday, 16 October 2009

Friday Thoughts

The Good Life was well ahead of it's time, and even more relevent now

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Solar Powered Farm Equipment